拍品 101
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A Silver Plated Sugar Basin
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A Silver Plated Sugar Basin

DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, CIRCA 1885, MANUFACTURED BY ELKINGTON AND CO.

细节
A Silver Plated Sugar Basin
Designed by Christopher Dresser, circa 1885, manufactured by Elkington and Co.
Conical basin, tripod feet, banded decoration
31/8in. (8cm.) high
Stamped with manufacturer's marks and with letters S and T
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Cf: Widar Halen, Christopher Dresser, Oxford, 1990 (Cover illustration)
See also: Christopher Dresser. People's Designer 1834-1904, Exhibition Catalogue, 2-19 Jun 1999, fig. 67

The design for this present piece appears in the Elkington and Co. pattern books c. 1885, p. 329, fig. no. 247.
Dresser is believed to have begun supplying designs to Elkington & Co. from the mid-1860s, although many of these earlier designs may have taken time to become part of Elkington's range.